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Cat Back Exhaust is the exhaust system from behind the catalytic converter to the exhaust tip (end). Due to emission laws you can only modify your exhaust system after the catalytic converter. There are exhaust systems that go from the engine (headers), hookup to catalytic convertors (have to keep the originals for 5 years) and on back to the tip(s).
Flow Master is the name of an aftermarket company that manufactures low restriction, great sounding mufflers. They use internal baffles to cancel the sound vice fiberglass and other sound absorbing materials used in other mufflers.
Are you sure it was the Service Indicator light? There are two on the Impalas, the "SERVICE VEHICLE SOON" light which is completely emissions related, and the CHECK ENGINE(LIGHT OR MESSAGE Depending on if the car is in the US or Canada) which stores "hard" codes, etc etc.
The Airbag light should be checked out! If there is a short somewhere it has to be repaired! OF course with all intermittent problems, the Dealer will never find it, and you will continue experiencing it! LOL
Paul
It's been a year and a half ago but it I remember it costing about $10-$15.
Getting my windows tinted next week. Once they're done I'll finally get some pictures posted.
Brad
Thanks.
All cars should come standard with one.
Alan
It was made in Israel. That is a long way from
Fort Worth TX. Seems to work fine.
As i am writing this i am in our beachhouse which is raised about 8 feet off the ground. I am looking down at the impala about 25 feet away, three quarter front view. I can see the bulging front fender then an almost coke bottle shape to a bulging fender over the back wheel. About perfect.
Now if we can get them to do a little work on the rearend it will be as good as the front and side view.
I have also noticed how short the hood is in comparison to the intrigue. Much easier to wash.
tomaso7 - Sweet looking ride! The Zaino is some good stuff!
I never have any problems with the transmission shifting hard out of park.
Guess that leads to another question/statement - My LS ALWAYS has play in the P "gear" when parking the car. I figure it will roll about an inch or two after releasing the brake.
Is that from the tranny gearing or the brake system??
Thanks!
RR
Yes, bh0001's advice is exactly right and is the best way to treat your tranny.
I made the comment that we hardly see other Impalas. I thought that was odd since there are so many built every month.
The next day on the way home across Ray road in Chandler i see a white 2001 LS with spoiler delete at the 101 and Ray. In another 300 feet a Silver LS passes us. We get to the next traffic light and a blue LS pulls up along side of us.
My wife had never seen the blue color in person. She about put her face against the drivers window looking at the blue LS while sitting in the passenger seat!
Another mile down the road a red Impala passes us going the oppisite direction on Ray road.
So i will not comment on "not" seeing very many Impalas on the road any longer. ((-;
Tony
Personally, I find the red Impalas disgusting looking (red with red taillights, yuck!). I don't mean to offend anyone on this board who owns a red Impala. It's just my opinion.
hunter39: I take it you’re happy with the 50-Series Flow Master? At idle is it much louder than stock. I don’t need to wake the neighbors, leaving at 5:30 am each morning. I take it that installation was just a matter of swapping mufflers?
Concerning the AMP, I specifically gave her the 103 part number. She said she was ordering it directly from GM.
As for series 50 Flowmaster, you can't hear it at idle, the growl comes when you hit the throttle, the rev limiter will cut it out before it gets too loud, at idle it's the same as the stock muffler. You'll notice the most noise when entering traffic on a freeway, nice growl...
New for me.... a trip planned to Lake Tahoe for early October. The drive is about 650 miles one way. This would be the FIRST long trip in the Impala and the first on interesting roads. Can't Wait!!! Gas her up and go...
did you get a new intake as well?
A big Chevy-only dealership, where I bought my 98 Malibu. GM recently considered it to be the best in US in service satisfaction.
http://www.richardchevy.com/
Walked around the lot while waiting for my wife to pick me up. Saw only five new Impala: two LS, dark-red and green, and three base, one of them torch-red. The LS are loaded - sunroof, comfort package, etc.
Probably, high demand and low supply, plus dealers do not want to stock many 2001 cars when the next year model will appear in August-September.
I do not like the bright red color with big cars, but the Impala was not so bad. Saw a bright-red MB last week - this was really awful. Did not pay much attention to the red base Impala on the dealer lot, though. Do not know how it looks from the back.
On the other hand, I like the dark-red color. The Impala LS in green looks even better from front and side, but not from the rear. The big rear-light panel does not fit well with green. The dark-blue, probably, is the best currently, when the "Auburn Mist" and light blue are not available any more.
Of course, all of this is just my tastes...
We might be heading there sometime next year.
I don't plan on waiting for the oil life monitor to tell me it is time. Every 3k, religiously is how I will handle the oil. If it goes in a couple hundred miles early, so be it.
RR
Get this. First come, first serve walk-in's ONLY M-F, 8am-11am and 1pm-4pm.
Interesting, but I can see this posing a problem.
RR
I don't want to wait to make the first change of oil beyond 1,500 or 2,000 miles. Right after that I'll stick to the every 3K miles schedule.
Nathan, any objections as to make the first oil change at 1,200 miles???
Oil Change - I did mine at 600 miles, changed the filter also. I'm getting the dealer 3 Month oil change ( Mostly short distance driving) this coming week. The oil is still a nice golden color.
With better oils and better engines, things have changed.
Click and Clack (Car Talk) recommend 5k on oil changes. On 2001 Buicks the oil change interval is 10k. I concur on this as at 3k my oil has not hardly changed color. Works for me and I have got 117k on a Lumina and it uses no oil.
Especially when dealing with engines that are designed to run hot.
My camaro literally kills cheap oils in about 2500 miles.
My IROC is designed so that the second cooling fan does not come on until 230 degrees or until the A/C is turned on. Thats a lot of temp for an oil to deal with.
With a cheap oil i can actually see the oil pressure drop at 2500 miles.
I stay away from quaker state and the pennsylvania crudes.
I have had okay luck with castrol, but valvoline beats them all. It holds oil pressure the longest and does not breakdown. Highly recommended.
My impala will get its oil changed every 3000 regardless of what the manual says.
Cheap insurance.
The gas prices here in NH & Maine are around $1.59 for 87 octane. I saw $1.49 in Scranton Pa and $1.59 in Buffalo NY.
Ken
Ken
Not to take anything away from the other colors. Actually most of the colors are strikingly pretty and IMO white is probably the worst as far as "wow, that's pretty" effect.
I take no offense to others' comments about the red, but I think it's gorgeous. The taillight section doesn't match perfectly, but it certainly doesn't make me say "yuk". I just hope the red doesn't sun-fade and deteriorate like the reds of the 70's and 80's. I'll just keep it polished and garaged and hope for the best.
As I always say, "I'm glad everyone isn't just like me...if they were I'd have a heck of a time getting along with anyone else".